12 Places to Eat Raw Oysters in Hampton Roads

By Patrick Evans-Hylton

Hampton Roads is the center of the Oyster Universe, if you ask us. All around the region, from the Northern Neck to the Eastern Shore to the James, Lynnhaven and York Rivers, you can find those beautiful bivalves.

Here are some of our favorite places to get your slurp on:

1. A. W. Shucks, Norfolk

This Ghent seafood restaurant displays a large chalkboard full of daily oyster selections, many of them Virginia, offering a wide-range of options.

Terrapin features Lynnhaven River gems from Chris Ludford’s Pleasure House Oysters with a seasonal mignonette; currently it is peach. What’s best for sipping with oysters? Check out Terrapin’s monthly WineDown event.